Machine for rolling cigarettes or like articles.



.No. 770,240. PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904. T. MOESINGER. MACHINE FOR ROLLING GIGARETTES OR LIKE ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED $2212. 23. 1901.

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MACHINE FOR ROLLING GIGARETTES OR LIKE ARTICLES.

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TRAUGOTT MOESINGER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,240, dated September 13, 1904.

Application filed September 23, 1901. Serial No. 76,172. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, TRAUGOTT MoEsINenR, of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Rolling Cigarettes or Like Articles, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this improvement is to pro duce cigarettes, cheroots, cigars, and such articles generally tapered from the middle portion toward both ends by rolling a wrapper around a proper quantity of tobacco.

The improvement consists in various combinations of parts for attaining this object. Among the parts comprised in these combinations are rollers or aroller-equipped lever. Another part is a table or platform having two reversely-curved segments over which the rollers or roller-equipped lever will swing first upon one fulcrum and then upon another fulcrum. Another feature is an apron at tached at one end to one end of the table or platform and at the other end to means whereby it will be more or less drawn up at different times, this apron being made to comprise curved segments corresponding to the curved segments of the platform or table.

I will describe a machine embodying my improvement and then point out the novel features in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan or top viewof a machine embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. 2, but of one end portion only of the machine. Fig. 4 is a section similar to Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a View similar to Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a side view of a rollercomprised in the machine and of a frame in which said roller is mounted. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section of said roller and supporting-rod.

A designates a table which, as here shown, is of rectangular form at one end, a, and depressed, while beyond it comprises an elevated portion (0 made in the form of an ogee curve. It may be made of any suitable material. Above the depressed portion a of the table is a rocking piece B, which is journaled in stands a extending upwardly from the depressed portion a of the table, in the present instance by means of a rod Z), extending through it and said stands and secured to the rocking piece B. Combined with this rocking piece are springs O, tending to move it in a direction away from the elevated portion a of the table. The springs are shown as connected to posts a", rising from the depressed portion of the table. Forward of the rocking piece B is a slide-piece D, which, as here shown, comprises a plate (Z, extending under the depressed portion a of the table, a plate (Z extending above the depressed part a of the table and fastened to the piece cl by screws (Z or in any other suitable manner. One of the plates d or (Z will be made to overlap the side edges of the depressed portion ct of the table, so as to have a lateral bearing against the same in order that the slide-piece shall be guided thereby. This is indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 5.

Motion may be given to the slide-piece D by the hand of the operator. At one end the slide-piece is provided with an arm or bracket (P, having a shoulder (Z d, which extends lengthwise of its inner side. It comprises two portions (7Z (Z reversely inclined to one another. In line with the inclined portion (Z of the shoulder is a movable switch-piece (Z pivoted upon a stud or screw (Z and held upwardly by a spring d. A roller (Z extends under this shoulder and is journaled to an arm (Z which is affixed to the adjacent rod Z) of the rocking piece B. Consequently the springs O hold the roller in contact with the under side of the shoulder (Z d and the switch-piece al By moving the slide-piece D three different positions may be given to the rocking piece B. One of these positions is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A second position is shown in Fig. 3, andathird position is shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Referring now particularly to, Fig. 2, the rocking piece B is held at an upright position while the roller (Z is bearing against the inclined portion of the shoulder CZ d. As may be seen in Fig. 3, the rocking piece B will be rocked toward the elevated portion a of the table when the slide-piece D is moved a certain distance toward that portion of the table by the coaction of the roller 6 with the under side of the switch-piece 0Z As shown in Fig.

4:, a further movement of the slide-piece D toward the elevated portion (6 of the table will allow the roller (Z to pass by a wider portion of the switch-piece which extends only part way back toward the stud or screw (i and so rise above it. During the first part of the movement of the slide-piece away from the elevated portion a of the table the inclined portion 625 of the shoulder (i (Z will coact with the roller 03 to swing the rocking piece toward the elevated portion a of the table.

To the upper portion of the rocking piece B is attached one end of anapron E, of flexible material, which extends over roller-sections or rollers F F, which form, in effect, a compound roller, thence down below the elevated portion a of the table and above the depressed portion a ofthe table,and thence upwardly over the top of the table, its forward end being fastened to the outer end of the elevated portion of the table. This fastening may be accomplished in any suitable way-as, for instance, by a clamping-strip (0 secured by screws a to the table. The rollersF F areloosely mounted upon a rod F, which is bent in a horizontal plane at about the middle of its length and in such direction that its middle portion will be nearer to the rear end of the elevated portion a of the table than its ends. By reason of this bend it may be considered as comprising two sections, upon which two sections are loosely mounted the rollers larger ends are adjacent. The bend of the rod F bears such relation to the tapers of the rollers F F 2 that the portions of the rollers which are nearest the rear end of the depressed portion a of the table are in the present instance in line, or approximately so. This is important, because it causes the pocket which is forward of the rollers to taper in reverse directions between its edges.

The ends of the rod F are fixed in a frame F, and as this frame extends partly over the rollers F F the apron E passes through a slot f, formed in the frame F. The apron has a straight portion f and a portion f having the form of an ogee curve, and hence it corresponds, generally speaking, with the longitudinal outline of the table A. It is not, however, as wide as the table at the edges ofits ogee curve.

Theelevated ogee portion a of the table has rails a a raised above its surface at its edges, and the frame in which the rollers F F are journaled slides on these rails.

Extending upwardly from one end of the slide-piece D is a fulcrum (Z and with this fulcrum the corresponding end of the frame F is adapted to engage, it being for this purpose provided with a slot f on one side. At the other end of the slide-piece it is provided with a post CZ, with which an adjacent portion of the frame F is adapted to engage, the said frame being for this purpose provided with a slot f. Thus ,the frame F may be These taper longitudinally and their maintained in one of its positions by the aid of the post The table A, adjacent the outer end of its elevated portion (0 is provided with a fulcrum d. The frame F is at a point opposite the slot f provided with a reverse slot f for engagement with said fulcrum CZH. The rollers F F may rock first on the fulcrum cl, so as to sweep over one segment of the ogee-shaped elevated portion a of the table, and after having done this it may rock on the fulcrum cl to sweep over the reverselycurved segment of that portion of the table. These rollers, therefore, are, in effect, a lever swinging first on a fulcrum at or near one end and afterward on a fulcrum at or near the other end.

Having now described the various parts of the machine, I will explain their operation.

The parts being in, the positions represented by Figs. 1 and 2, a portion of the apron E will hang in the form of a loose pocket from the rollers F F on one side and the elevated portion a of the table on the other side close to the depressed portion a of the table. A proper quantity of tobacco T for the filler of an all-tobacco cigarette or like article will then be deposited in this pocket. A wrapper W is laid upon the apron, as represented. No binder need be used; but if for any reason one should be. used it will also be laid upon the apron above the wrapper. Then the slidepiece will be moved toward the elevated portion a of the table until it reaches the position shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Of course during the movement of the slide-piece in this direction the parts will assume the intermediate positions represented by Fig. 3. After the adjustment of the parts into the positions represented by Figs. 4 and 5 the frame F carrying the rollers F F is swung upon the fulcrum d, so that the rollers F F will sweep over that segment of the ogee-shaped elevated portion a which is the nearer to the depressed portiono of the table, thereby coutracting the fold of the apron toward the fulcrum 12, and afterward the frame F will be swung upon the fulcrum to cause the rollers F F to sweep over the other segment of the elevated portion a of the table, thereby contracting the fold of the apron toward the fulcrum cl. Thus the rolling of the cigarette or like article will be completed, the gradual contracting of the fold. of the apron from the center first toward one edge and then toward the other serving to taper the article toward each end and to roll the Wrapper spirally thereon.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cigarette-machine, the combination of a table, an apron on said table, a rollerequipped lever, and two fulerums upon which the roller-equipped lever may swing successively above the table.

2. In a cigarette-machine, the combination of a table, an apron on said table, a roller composed of two sections tapered toward their outer end, and two fulcrums upon which the roller may swing successively above the table. 3. In a cigarette-machine, the combination of a table having reversely-curved portions, an apron on said table, a compound roller and two fulcrums upon which the roller may swing successively above the table, so as to sweep first over one segment of the table and afterward over the other segment thereof.

4. In a cigarette-machine, the combination of a table having reversely-curved portions,

an apron on said table having reversely-curved portions corresponding to those of the table, a compound roller and two fulcrums upon which the roller may swing successively above the table, so as to sweep first over one segment of the table and afterward over the other segment thereof.

5. In a cigarette-machine, the combination of a table having an elevated reversely-curved portion and a depressed portion, an apron on the table, a compound roller cooperating with the apron, and two fulcrums upon which the roller may swing successively above the table.

6. In a cigarette-machine, the combination of a table having a depressed portion and an elevated reversely-curved portion, an apron on said table and attached thereto at'the outer end of said elevated portion thereof, a cam mechanism cooperating with the other end of the apron and by which it is taken up and let out, a compound roller and two fulcrums upon which the roller may swing successively above the table to sweep first over one segment of the table and then over the other segment thereof.

7. In a cigarette-machine, the combination of a table having a depressed portion and an elevated reversely-curved portion, a swinging piece mounted on said depressed portion, an apron on said table and secured at one end thereto and at the other end to said swinging piece, a slide having cam mechanism cooperating with the swinging piece, a compound roller cooperating with the apron, and two fulcrums upon which said roller may swing successively above the table to sweep first over one segment thereof, and then over the other segment.

8. In a cigarette-machine, the combination of a table having a reversely-curved portion, a swinging piece mounted on the table, a slide having cam mechanism cooperating with the swinging piece, an apron secured at one end to the table and at the other end to the swinging piece, fulcrums on opposite sides of the table, and a roller-equipped lever cooperating with said apron, and adapted to sweep over the table first round one fulcrum and then round the other.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

TRAUGOTT MOESINGER.

Witnesses:

CHAS. H. SHAW, GEO. E. Clause. 

